INDEX. 



369 



public feeling, 356, 357 ; indirect results of, 

 359> 3°o- 

 Church and State, relations between, 349 ; 



divisions, 343. 

 Church life, 337 ; offices and government, 



347. 361 ; phrases, 345. 

 Churches, in Imerina, decoration of, 260 ; 



memorial, 355, 363 ; village, 363. 

 Circumcision, ceremonies connected with, 



"7, 273, 274- 

 Civilians or borizano, 1S3. 

 Class distinctions, 256. 

 Clothing, 213. 

 Coast plains, 33. 

 Cocoanut palm, 75. 

 Coffee, 8g. 

 Coincidence of Malagasy and Jewish customs, 



3*8-336- 

 College, the Missionary, 362. 

 Colony, English, projected in Madagascar, 



11, 

 Coloured cloths, weaving of, 261, 262. 

 _ Commerce, increase of, 354. 

 Comp:iss and sundial iu Hova houses, 204. 

 Complimentary terms, 159. 

 Condiments, 90. 

 Conglomerate rock, 3s. 

 Congregations, Malagasy, 361. 

 Coral reefs and rocks, 36. 

 Cousins, Rev. W. E., 122, 137, 146, 225. 

 " Creator's ordeal," the, 283. 

 Crime of sorcery, the, 292. 

 Crimes, political, 322 ; detection of, 282. 

 Crocodile, the, 57 ; ordeal by, 284 ; native 



beliefs about, 269, 270. 

 Crown, power of the, unlimited, 323. 

 Cruel treatment of wives, 255. 

 Cryptoprocta, 46. 



" Cupboard love,'' native proverb describ- 

 ing, 255. 

 Curious customs, 174-242. 

 Curses, Malagasy, 326. 

 Custom regarding widows, 255. 

 Customs at death, 290, 291 ; connected with 



Christian worship, 344, 345 ; marriage, 250- 



252, 323 ; tabooed, 288, 294. 



Dable, Rev. L., 1, 121, 154, 172, 309. 



Davidson, Dr., 272, 282. 



Day names, 154. 



Days, lucky and unlucky, 279, 2S0. 



Dead, the, weeping fur, 316. 



Death, observances connected with, 289-291. 



Decoration, interior, 260. 



Decorative carving in Betsileo, 263 ; in Mala- 

 gasy houses, 265. 



Deference to royalty, Malagasy, 319. 



Design, native, in cloths and silks, 262. 



Detection of witchcraft, 282. 



Dialects of Malagasy, 149. 



Dislike to goats and pigs, 270, 271 ; to the sin- 

 gular number, 287. 



Disreeard for human life, 356. 



Districts, Christian, 361. 



Divination, 308, 311. 



Diviners, 274. 



Division of time, 279. 



Divisions, church, 343. 



Divorce, 161, 254 ; improved feelings regard- 

 ing, 355- 



Domestic animals, 159- 



Dress, native, 213, 326, 327; improvement 

 in, 354- 



Drunkcnncss, 350. 



Drury, Robert, 14, 88, 156, 271, 302. 



Dutch intercourse with Madagascar, 6. 



Dwellings, improvement in, 355. 



Dyes, 95. 



East coast tribes, the, 132. 



Education, 364, 365. 



Ellis, Rev. W., 97, 98, 112, 140, 292. 



English words in Malagasy, 152, 173. 



" Epistles of commendation,'' 347. 



Ethnology of Madagascar, 102, 109. 



Euphorbia, 84. 



European elements amnng Malagasy, 106. 



Evangelists, native, 366. 



Evil eye, 168. 



Evil omen, animals of, 270. 



Exorcising an evil spirit, 295, 296. 



Expedition against tie Sakalavas, 357. 



Expiation and atonement, 303, 304. 



Fables about animals and birds, 275. 

 Family affection among the Malagasy, 256. 

 Family life, folk-lore of, 285, 286. 

 Family, nation, &c, words for, 247. 

 Fanany, the, strange belief concerning, 276, 



277. 

 Fandrdana, the, or New Year's Festival, 271, 



3i3-3i7- 

 Fano, tree, the, 83, 277. 

 Fanompoana or f. -reed service, 1S3. 

 Father, words for, 243. 

 Fato-dra, 225. 

 Fauna of Madagascar, exceptional and highly 



specialised, 39, 48, 65. 

 Favourite books, 347. 

 Ferns, 79. 



Festivities, New Tear, 314-317. 

 Fetish trees, 306. 

 Fianarantsoa, 143. 

 Ficus, species of, 81. 

 Figurative lamrnngc, 334. 

 Filanjana or palanquin, 175. 

 Filao (tree), 73. 

 Fire by friction, 207. 

 Fireflies, 61. 

 Fishes, 58. 



Flora of Madagascar, 6g. 

 Flowering trees, 99. 



Flowers, 98 ; superstitions regarding, 278. 

 Folk-lore and folk-tales, M;dagasy t 267 ; of 



home and family life, 285, 286; of names, 



289. 

 Food, 327, 328. 



Forest belt round Madagascar, 27. 

 Forest scenery, 70. 

 Fosa, 46. 

 Fossils, 33. 



French claims on Madagascar, 15, 134, 173. 

 French words in Malagasy, 152, 173. 

 Fruits, 90, 157. 

 Future existence, belief in a, 311. 



Geology of Madagascar, 31. 



Gezirat al-Korar, " Island of the Moon," i.e., 



Madagascar, 2. 

 Ghosts, belief in, 312. 

 Goats and pigs, dislike to, 270, 271. 

 God, names for, 99. 

 Gnd of healing and meriicine, 2 fi8. 

 " God's lamb," an insect, 275. 

 Gospel, power of the, in Madagascar, 354. 

 Gourds, 95. 

 Government and royalty, 319; church, 347, 



348, 361 ; officials, power of, 322. 

 Grainage, Mr., quoted, 268, 269, 289. 

 Grandidier, Alfred, 18, 22, 33, 42, 142, 223. 

 Grandparents and grandchildren, words for 



249. 

 Grasses, 84, 158. 

 Gums, 99. 



Hades, the Malagasy, 311, 312. 

 Hair dressing, 210. 



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